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1 engaged
1) (bound by promise (especially to marry): She became engaged to John.) logodit2) ((with in) employed or occupied: She is engaged in social work.) angajat (în)3) (busy; not free; occupied: Please come if you are not already engaged for that evening; The room / telephone line is engaged.) ocupat -
2 engaged
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3 engage
[in'ɡei‹]1) (to begin to employ (a workman etc): He engaged him as his assistant.) a angaja2) (to book; to reserve: He has engaged an entertainer for the children's party.) a angaja3) (to take hold of or hold fast; to occupy: to engage someone's attention.) a absorbi4) (to join battle with: The two armies were fiercely engaged.) a intra în luptă5) (to (cause part of a machine etc to) fit into and lock with another part: The driver engaged second gear.) a intra; a angrena•- engaged- engagement
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4 actively
adverb actively engaged in politics.) activ -
5 busy
['bizi] 1. adjective1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) ocupat2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) aglomerat3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) ocupat2. verb((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) a se ocupa (de)- busily -
6 closeted
adjective (engaged in a private conversation in a separate room from other people: They're closeted in his office.) închis -
7 commerce
['komə:s] 1. noun(the exchange of goods between nations or people; trade on a large scale: He is engaged in commerce.) comerţ2. noun(a TV or radio advertisement: I enjoyed the play but the commercials irritated me.) reclamă- commercialise
- commercialism
- commercial traveller -
8 diplomat
['dipləmæt]noun (a person engaged in diplomacy: He is a diplomat at the American embassy.) diplomat -
9 fiancé
American - fiancée; noun(a person to whom one is engaged to be married.) -
10 hostilities
[-'sti-]noun plural (acts of war; battles: The two countries were engaged in hostilities.) -
11 keep it dark
(to keep something a secret: They're engaged to be married but they want to keep it dark.) a ţine secret -
12 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) muncă2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) mână de lucru3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) travaliu4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) laburist2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) a munci2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) a merge greu•- laboriously
- laboriousness
- labourer
- labour court
- labour dispute
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13 line
I 1. noun1) ((a piece of) thread, cord, rope etc: She hung the washing on the line; a fishing-rod and line.) frânghie; fir2) (a long, narrow mark, streak or stripe: She drew straight lines across the page; a dotted/wavy line.) linie3) (outline or shape especially relating to length or direction: The ship had very graceful lines; A dancer uses a mirror to improve his line.) linie; siluetă4) (a groove on the skin; a wrinkle.) rid, cută5) (a row or group of objects or persons arranged side by side or one behind the other: The children stood in a line; a line of trees.) şir, rând6) (a short letter: I'll drop him a line.) rând7) (a series or group of persons which come one after the other especially in the same family: a line of kings.) neam; dinastie8) (a track or direction: He pointed out the line of the new road; a new line of research.) traseu; direcţie9) (the railway or a single track of the railway: Passengers must cross the line by the bridge only.) (şină de) cale ferată10) (a continuous system (especially of pipes, electrical or telephone cables etc) connecting one place with another: a pipeline; a line of communication; All (telephone) lines are engaged.) linie; conductă11) (a row of written or printed words: The letter contained only three lines; a poem of sixteen lines.) rând; vers12) (a regular service of ships, aircraft etc: a shipping line.) companie13) (a group or class (of goods for sale) or a field of activity, interest etc: This has been a very popular new line; Computers are not really my line.) gamă de produse; domeniu14) (an arrangement of troops, especially when ready to fight: fighting in the front line.) linie2. verb1) (to form lines along: Crowds lined the pavement to see the Queen.) a se alinia (de-a lungul)2) (to mark with lines.) a linia•- lineage- linear- lined- liner- lines- linesman
- hard lines!
- in line for
- in
- out of line with
- line up
- read between the lines II verb1) (to cover on the inside: She lined the box with newspaper.) a căptuşi, a tapiţa2) (to put a lining in: She lined the dress with silk.) a căptuşi•- lined- liner- lining -
14 mesh
[meʃ] 1. noun1) ((one of) the openings between the threads of a net: a net of (a) very fine (= small) mesh.) ochi (de plasă)2) ((often in plural) a network: A fly was struggling in the meshes of the spider's web.) reţea; plasă2. verb((of teeth on eg gear wheels) to become engaged with each other: The teeth on these two cogwheels mesh when they go round.) a se angrena -
15 otherwise
1) (in every other way except this: She has a big nose but otherwise she is very good-looking.) altminteri2) (doing, thinking etc something else: I am otherwise engaged this evening.) altfel -
16 research
1. [ri'sə:, ]( especially American[) 'ri:sə:(r) ] noun(a close and careful study to find out (new) facts or information: He is engaged in cancer research; His researches resulted in some amazing discoveries; ( also adjective) a research student.) cercetare2. [ri'sə:(r) ] verb(to carry out such a study: He's researching (into) Thai poetry.) -
17 unattached
(not married or engaged to be married: A woman sometimes gives up hope of marriage if she is still unattached at the age of thirty.)
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